Free Market Foundation opens Austin office

The Free Market Foundation has opened an Austin office, much to the delight of conservative state legislators, including Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, who helped welcome the Plano-based group to the capital city Thursday night.

There’s been too many times in the past when Chisum had to call Free Market Foundation chief counsel and president Kelly Shackelford with a plea: “Get down here now, we have problems,” Chisum recalled during a reception at the Austin Club.

Lawmakers need more research and background to help draft good bills, Chisum says. That’s one reason why he and other conservatives embrace the permanent presence of the Free Market Foundation in the state Capitol.